SOC 203 Lecture Notes - Gender Dysphoria, Transsexual, Gender Identity
17 Aug 2013
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Sex is felt by most to be a stable category, because most people fall into either male or female. Unlike sex, gender is not stable, it changes over time and differs from one refers to a set of behaviors and characteristics assigned to each sex the behavior that is associated with masculinity and femininity culture to another. Masculine and feminine behavior are culture and time specific. Gender identity is the sense of being male or female which most children acquire by the age of three (santrock 2004) Sometimes one"s gender identity and biological sex don"t match. This results in gender dysphoria (gender identity disorder, transexuality, cross dressing) Gender roles socially constructed set of expectations that influence how males and females think, feel, and behave (santrock 2004) refers to how a man or woman should act. Sandra bem (1981) believes that children learn what is appropriate gender behavior.
